Gene_Clark 12 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Goodbye to a genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Which band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13873 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Sublime drummer. A perfect example of what I hold as the true quality of a good drummer; drumming for the song, not with the song. Too many drummers play to be heard, he played to have an effect on the song as a whole. He knew how to work around the structure, how to build his parts, how to innovate when staying in the constraints of the style. Supremely underrated in the pantheon of drummers; Bonham, Moon, Ward were all brilliant but it takes a different kind of muscianship to play in The Band and stand out so vividly without overplaying. The man was a tremendous vocalist too; a lot of The Band's best songs like The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, All La Glory; all Helm vocals and the notion of providing such inventive and inch-perfect drumming whilst delivering sublime vocals is a talent lost on a drummer like me. Hopefully this leads to an re-evaluation of his work amongst drummers and hopefully people learn the hardest skill of all when behind a kit and that's feeling a song, identifying what it needs and playing it, fills, rolls and crashes be damned. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 How many of the Wilburys have snuffed it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13873 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 He had a massive cock as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene_Clark 12 Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 From "The Last Waltz" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Terrible name for a band. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Mind blowing drummer...will be sorely missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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